How to Install and Uninstall esptool Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "esptool" package

Please follow the steps below to install esptool on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                esptool
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "esptool" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall esptool on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                esptool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the esptool package on Kali Linux

Package: esptool
Version: 4.7.0+dfsg-0.1
Installed-Size: 1307
Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-bitstring, python3-cryptography (>= 2.1.4), python3-ecdsa, python3-intelhex, python3-reedsolo, python3-serial, python3-yaml, python3:any
Suggests: python3-pkcs11
Size: 156984
SHA256: 587d9aa263d818f5e2c66e93b5be88ca4863088932aa6f098f68e7904d31c577
SHA1: 4d6d7affbda037bc9c42218c233914db3295e2f4
MD5sum: 3f0e24b798de106eec75fb81e9b08900
Description: create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips
Communicate with the ROM bootloader in Espressif ESP8266 and ESP32 chips to
fash firmware files, create firmware images or read OTP ROM or flash memory
content such is manufacturer or device IDs.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/espressif/esptool
Tag: field::electronics, hardware::embedded, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility
Section: electronics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/esptool/esptool_4.7.0+dfsg-0.1_all.deb